How we scored it
Microbial fermentation polysaccharide from Sphingomonas sp.; fermentation products/gums are 1.0 by rule.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
Produced by fermenting sugars with the bacterium Sphingomonas sp. ATCC 53159, which secretes this thickening polysaccharide. A fully biological fermentation process with no petrochemical inputs retained in the product.
In plain English
A thickening gum made by fermenting natural sugars with bacteria, used to stabilise lotions and gels. A fermentation product, similar in origin to other natural gums.
CosIng definition: Diutan Gum is a fermentation product produced by the mircrorganism Sphingomonas sp. ATCC 53159.
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2DIUTAN GUM. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DIUTAN GUM. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIUTAN%20GUM